5 golf courses in Vilamoura, Algarve
Vilamoura is the Algarve's premier golf destination, home to five world-class courses set around a luxury marina and resort complex. With immaculate fairways, consistent year-round conditions, and a concentration of top-rated layouts within minutes of each other, Vilamoura is the first choice for serious golf visitors to Portugal.
Sharing the same pine-forested setting as its famous neighbour, Pinhal offers a par-71 Frank Pennink layout that rewards accuracy and local knowledge. A quieter option within the Vilamoura complex, popular with golfers returning to the resort year after year.
Donald Steel's par-72 design from 1991 sits just outside Vilamoura and is known for its characterful bunkering and mature Mediterranean vegetation. A testing round that rewards thoughtful play on a course with a strong tournament history.
Joseph Lee's par-72 design from 1990 brings open fairways and water features to the typically tree-lined Vilamoura landscape. Laguna's flatter terrain and lakeside holes make it one of the most approachable courses in the resort for mid-handicap visitors.
Opened to mark the turn of the millennium, this 18-hole par-72 course offers wide fairways and gentle undulations through the Vilamoura estate. A solid, scenic round that complements the resort's more demanding layouts.
One of the Algarve's most celebrated layouts, Frank Pennink's 1969 design winds through a canopy of stone pines that has defined Vilamoura golf for over five decades. A par-73 classic that consistently ranks among Portugal's finest courses.
